Electrochemistry and Emerging Contaminants: Molecular Insights for Innovative Solutions
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2026) | Viewed by 708
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Interests: electrochemical thermodynamics; electrolyte solutions; thermodynamic and transport properties; pharmacological chemistry; cyclodextrins
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Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution is one of the main problems affecting our planet. Everyday human activity (domestic, industrial, economic and commercial) produces a whole range of contaminant substances. Despite the attempts to limit their impact, many of these contaminants end up damaging the environment.
The implementation of different analytical methods and the development of new detection techniques have revealed the existence of certain contaminant substances in the environment (medicines for human and animal use, toxins, antioxidants, hormones, cosmetics, drugs of abuse, plasticizers and industrial additives, anti-corrosion protectors, heavy metals, pesticides and insecticides, etc.) and have raised concern about the very negative impact that these pollutants have both on ecosystems and on the health of living beings.
For this reason, it is necessary to look for alternative and/or complementary treatments to those currently available, in order to achieve its elimination.
Electrochemistry provides simple methods to address these environmental problems. The application of electrochemical methods to solve environmental problems is producing very promising results. Thus, for example, the electrochemical remediation of soils and aquifers has allowed the removal of various pollutants and toxic substances in these media (pharmaceuticals, herbicides, industrial waste).
In this Special Issue, research papers or comprehensive reviews related to advances in the development of different electrochemical methods that enable the removal of these emerging contaminants or on chemical reactions, molecular mechanisms, etc., are welcome. All article research submissions should involve research at the molecular level as well as verified experiments.
Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Esteso
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrochemistry
- chemical reactions
- removal
- environmental pollution
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